Manicure container

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a manicure container which enables a variety of paintings and drawings on fingernails or toenails by incorporating both a brush type painting applicator and a pen type drawing applicator in a same container.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a manicure container which storesmanicure liquid(enamel or nail color) mainly to be applied on thefingernails or toenails of women for beauty and which has a tool toapply the same liquid and specifically to a manicure container whichholds the combination of a painting applicator in the form of brush anda drawing applicator in the form of pen in the same container to allow avariety of painting and drawing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Generally a conventional manicure container is constituted of a bottle100 for containing manicure liquid 300, which bottle has a neck 110formed with a thread portion 111 in the top region, wherein a threadedportion 211 to be screwed in the threaded portion 111 of said neck 110is provided on a cover and handle 200, in the middle of which there isprovided a carrier rod 210 having a brush 220 on the lower end as shownin FIG. 1.

Such a manicure container is kept tight by the handle 200, which isscrewed in the bottle 100 holding manicure liquid, and is opened byturning the handle when use is intended and the brush 220 drenched withthe manicure liquid 300, carried on the upwardly withdrawn handle, isused for practical manicuring.

However, the conventional applicator mentioned above has only thefunction of painting nails due to the limited function of the brush 200and therefore was not sufficient to meet the various aesthetic desire ofthe user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention which was created therefore to resolve thedrawback of the conventional art as described above has the object toprovide a manicure container having an applicator for two discretepurposes of painting and drawing on one side of the container in orderto fill the consumer's variety of aesthetic desire.

The above object of the present invention is achieved by a manicurecontainer, which comprises a tube container of nylon resin for holdingmanicure liquid, said container having an opening section with a threadon the top region of the container and being thereunder formed with aperipheral groove for guidedly retaining the air bubbles generated fromthe inside of the container;

a nozzle having a threaded section internally for engagement with saidthread, having a knurling section on its lower circumferential area, andhaving an engaging rib on its upper circumference of smaller diameter ata predetermined level, vertical spline grooves being formed around thecircumference above the location of said rib, and also having a smallend section of further smaller diameter above the splined section, ahole being formed on the top tip of the nozzle;

a nozzle with a threaded section internally for engagement with saidthread, with a knurling section on its lower circumferential area, withan upper intermediate section of smaller diameter formed with anengaging rib at a predetermined level around its outer circumference,vertical spline grooves being formed around the surface above thelocation of said rib, and with a small end section of further smallerdiameter above the splined section, formed with a hole on its top tip;

a manicure supplying tube assembly having a carrier tube with a brush atits lower end and having slit openings formed around the periphery ofcarrier tube below the flange, said carrier tube being provided in thecentral region of said flange, said flange being interlocked with theinside of said nozzle;

an intermediate nozzle so arranged as to project into the bore of saidnozzle, said intermediate nozzle being inserted on the top projection ofsaid supplying tube assembly and having a tube of Φ0.6 mm for use as apen at the top end; and

a cover having small projections at a constant intervalcircumferentially around its internal periphery to engage with saidengaging rib of the nozzle by riding over the rib, having splineprojections extending upward on the internal area of the cover to beguided by said spline grooves, one out of a certain number of saidspline projections extending upward, in a varied enlarged size, on thelocation of said small end section to guide said small end section, andhaving housings formed centrally on its base to seal tight said top tipof the nozzle and the tube.

In addition, the container may be formed with a ball on the outersurface of the bottom to cause a ball joint with a sucking plate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of a manicure containeraccording to a conventional art,

FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of a manicure containeraccording to an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal cross section of a manicure containeraccording to an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 4a shows an exploded perspective view of a manicure containeraccording to an embodiment of the invention illustrating the sate in usefor painting,

FIG. 4b shows a perspective view of a manicure container according to anembodiment of the invention illustrating the sate in use for drawing and

FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of essential part of the present inventionin cross section.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT

The present invention will be explained below with reference to apreferred embodiment in conjunction with the attached drawings.

The same or equivalent parts as in the conventional art presented abovewill be given the same number.

Particularly in FIGS. 2 and 3, there is shown a manicure container,which comprises a tube container 10 of nylon resin for holding manicureliquid, said container having an opening section 12 with a thread 11 onthe top region of the container 10 and being thereunder formed with aperipheral groove 14 for guidedly retaining the air bubbles generatedfrom the inside of the container 10;

a nozzle 20 having a threaded section 21 internally for engagement withsaid thread 11, having a knurling section 22 in its lower surroundingarea, and having an engaging rib 23 on the upper periphery with adiameter smaller than that of said knurling section and at apredetermined level, vertical spline grooves 26 being formed around thecircumference above the location of said rib, and also having a smallend section 25 of further smaller diameter above the splined section, ahole 24 being formed on the top tip of the nozzle for insertion of thetube of the intermediate nozzle;

a manicure supplying tube assembly 30 having a carrier tube 33 with abrush 32 at its lower end and having slit openings 34 formed around theperiphery of carrier tube 33 below the flange 31, said carrier tubebeing provided in the central region of said flange, said flange beinginterlocked with the inside of said nozzle;

an intermediate nozzle 40 so arranged as to project into the bore 24 ofthe nozzle 20, said intermediate nozzle being inserted on the topprojection of the supplying tube assembly 30 and having a tube 41 with adiameter of 0.6 mm for use as a pen at the top end; and

a cover 50 having small projections 53 at a constant intervalcircumferentially around its internal periphery to engage with saidengaging rib 23 of the nozzle 20 by riding over the rib, having splineprojections 56 extending upward on the internal area of the cover to beguided by said spline grooves 26, one out of a certain number of saidspline projections extending upward, as a respective enlarged portion56A, on the location of said small end section 25 to guide said smallend section, and having housings 51 and 52 formed centrally on its baseto seal tight said top tip of the nozzle 20 and the tube 41.

In addition, the container 10 may be formed with a ball 15 on the outersurface of the bottom to cause a ball joint with a sucking plate 16.

The invention constructed as the above is operated as the following.

As can be seen in FIG. 3, the tube container 10 according to theinvention, which contains manicure liquid 300, is kept with the opening12 closed.

Then, when it is intended to care for the fingernail, if cover 50 with arelatively long length is gripped and twisted, the rotation force of thecover 50 can be directly transmitted into the nozzle 20 due to thespline engagement of the cover 50 and the nozzle 20, therefore the cover50 integrally combined with the nozzle 20 can be separated from thethread 11 of the opening section 12 of the container 10.

Thereafter, the brush 32 wet with manicure liquid can be used to painton fingernails or toenails in a state shown in FIG. 4a, as in a usualconventional operation.

On the other hand, an important function of the present invention, thatis, the use of the present device like a kind of cosmetic pen isexplained below.

When, from the state in which as described above in connection with FIG.3, the combination of the nozzle 20 and the cover 30 for the purpose ofpainting with the brush 32 is kept closed in the container 10, only thecover 50 is withdrawn upward, the spline engagement of the cover 50 andthe nozzle 20 is released as the small projections 53 of the cover 50positioned below the rib 23 ride over the rib 23 due to flexibleproperty of the plastic, whereby there is obtained an applicator for useas a pen in drawing, as shown in FIG. 4b.

Describing the operation in detail, when in the state as shown in FIG. 3and particularly FIG. 4b, the tube container 10 is held firmly with athumb and an index finger and is given a finger pressure, then themanicure liquid 300 inside the tube container 10 is caused to flowthrough the slit openings 34 positioned inside the nozzle 20, leavingthe supplying tube 30 and enter the intermediate nozzle 40 to eject fromthe tube 41, so that the user can use the discharging manicure liquid tomake a drawing as desired on the nails with the help of the exposed tipof the tube as a pen.

The peripheral groove 14 forming a ridge is originally intended tocapture the air bubble which may evolve during the use but the structurecan contribute to writing convenience.

As the finger pressure and the bubble forming depend on the viscosity orother properties of the manicure liquid 300, adjustment of the physicalproperty for the manicure liquid is important.

It is preferable that the container 10 is kept with the ball 15 joinedin a sucking plate 16, which is fixed at a certain convenient place,before the container is removed for use by disconnecting the ball fromthe sucking plate.

In the present invention, while the container assembly is not inpractical use, the housings 51 and 52 act to seal the volatile manicureliquid 300 air- tight from the intermediate nozzle 40 and tube 41 andthe spline projections 56 and their enlarged portions 56A formed on theinside of the cover 50 have the function of guiding the nozzle 20 andtube 41 to prevent them from contacting flat with the internal wall ofthe cover and thus from breaking between an opening and closing of thecover.

The present invention constructed and operated as described above hasthe advantage of rendering a variety of aesthetic expression in a beautyart by combining together the function of painting and that of drawingin a single manicure container in stead of the conventional function ofmere painting.

What is claimed is:
 1. A manicure container, which comprises:a tubecontainer (10) of nylon resin for holding manicure liquid, saidcontainer having an opening section (12) with a thread (11) on the topregion of the container (10) and being thereunder formed with aperipheral groove (14) for guidedly retaining the air bubbles generatedfrom the inside of the container (10); a nozzle (20) having a threadedsection (21) internally for engagement with said thread (11), having aknurling section (22) in its lower surrounding area, and having anengaging rib (23) on the upper periphery with a diameter smaller thanthat of said knurling section and at a predetermined level, verticalspline grooves (26) being formed around the circumference above thelocation of said rib, and also having a small end section (25) offurther smaller diameter above the splined section, a hole (24) beingformed on the top tip of the nozzle for insertion of the tube of theintermediate nozzle; a manicure supplying tube assembly (30) having acarrier tube (33) with a brush (32) at its lower end and having slitopenings (34) formed around the periphery of carrier tube (33) below theflange (31), said carrier tube being provided in the central region ofsaid flange, said flange being interlocked with the inside of saidnozzle; an intermediate nozzle (40) so arranged as to project into thebore (24) of the nozzle (20), said intermediate nozzle being inserted onthe top projection of the supplying tube assembly (30) and having a tube(41) with a diameter of 0.6 mm for use as a pen at the top end; and acover (50) having small projections (53) at a constant intervalcircumferentially around its internal periphery to engage with saidengaging rib (23) of the nozzle (20) by riding over the rib, havingspline projections (56) extending upward on the internal area of thecover to be guided by said spline grooves (26), one out of a certainnumber of said spline projections extending upward, as a respectiveenlarged portion (56A), on the location of said small end section (25)to guide said small end section, and having housings (51) and (52)formed centrally on its base to seal tight said top tip of the nozzle(20) and the tube (41).
 2. A manicure container according to claim 1,wherein the container (10) is formed with a ball (15) on the outersurface of the bottom to form a ball joint connection with a suckingplate (16).